Radiation Therapy in Preventing Central Nervous System (CNS) Metastases in Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer

About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Lung Cancer focused on measuring stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer, stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Diagnosis of stage IIIA or IIIB non-small cell lung cancer Complete response, partial response, or stable disease after definitive locoregional therapy (with surgery and/or radiation therapy, with or without chemotherapy (chemotherapy alone does not constitute definitive therapy)) No more than 16 weeks since prior therapy No progressive disease No extracranial distant metastatic disease No suspicion of CNS metastases by MRI or CT scan PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age 18 and over Performance status Not specified Life expectancy Not specified Hematopoietic Not specified Hepatic Not specified Renal Not specified Other No other malignancy within the past 3 years except nonmelanoma skin cancer Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective contraception PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy No concurrent anticancer biologic therapy Chemotherapy See Disease Characteristics No concurrent anticancer cytotoxic chemotherapy Endocrine therapy Not specified Radiotherapy See Disease Characteristics No prior cranial irradiation Surgery See Disease Characteristics Other Recovered from all prior therapies No concurrent enrollment on any other phase III study that has progression-free, disease-free, or overall survival as an endpoint
Sites / Locations
- Arizona Oncology Services Foundation
- Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare - Osborn
- Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare - Shea
- Resurrection Medical Center
- Central Maine Comprehensive Cancer Center at Central Maine Medical Center
- Maine Center for Cancer Medicine and Blood Disorders - Scarborough
- Shore Regional Cancer Center at Memorial Hospital - Easton
- MetroWest Medical Center - Framingham Union Hospital
- Josephine Ford Cancer Center at Henry Ford Hospital
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey at Cooper University Hospital - Camden
- Geisinger Cancer Institute at Geisinger Health
- Frank M. and Dorothea Henry Cancer Center at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
- Huntsman Cancer Institute at University of Utah
- North Star Lodge Cancer Center at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Other
Prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI)
Observation
Radiation therapy
Observation